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Message: [QUOTE="DS3, post: 5698902, member: 407846"] smarts It is funny you make note of something here - I am not a gambler either. It is a cliche within poker that whenever someone makes such a claim, other will call BS and say of course everyone who plays poker is a gambler. Not so. I have never gambled on anything other than poker. Not once. I became interested in poker exactly because of this. I would take calculated risks in my life when I knew the outcome depended on my hard work and basic smarts. But gambling has never appealed. What fascinated me with poker was the ability to constantly take a beat, often when making the right play, with the ability to put that defeat aside and play on, focus on the task at hand. It was a skill set I did not possess but wanted to develop. Stepping over the line even with play money was a challenge at first, but then the thrill of winning an hand quickly became the reward I thought it might, and the rest, as they say, is history! [/QUOTE]